冥思苦索

Traditional form:

冥思苦索

Pinyin (reading):

míngsīkǔsuǒ

Definitions:

• to mull over (idiom)
• to think long and hard

Characters:

• 冥 - dark, gloomy, night; deep
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 索 - cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire

Traditional characters:

• 冥 - dark, gloomy, night; deep
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 索 - cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire